Klarinet Archive - Posting 000594.txt from 1996/12

From: Scott Bogner <sbogner@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: military bands
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 22:49:36 -0500

>Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 19:37:17 -0800
>To: klarinet@-----.bitnet
>From: Scott Bogner <sbogner@-----.net>
>Subject: Re: military bands
>
>Do not let anyone fool you!!! There are very few Military bands worth
getting involved with!!! I spent two years at Indiana University studying
the clarinet.
>The summer before my Junior year I lost my student loans. So I decided to
join the navy band to save for college. They will lure you in by promising
you a rewarding career for doing something you love. They made it seem like
they were doing me a favor by letting me audition for them when I did'nt
have a bachelors degree. When I arrived at the Armed forces School of Music
in Norfolk, VA, I was horrified to find out than most of the players there
were right out of high school. Then they informed me that I would be
required to play the saxophone as well. At least at the school there were a
number of good clarinet instructors. However, once I got to my permanent
duty station in San Diego, California I found out the truth about what I
would be playing. I have spent the last four years playing "Anchors
Aweigh", every Sousa march known to man and cheesy tunes like "the Lion
King". And once your enlisted there is no getting out of it. No self
respecting Clarinetist should EVER join a military fleet band!!! If you are
truly interested in military bands the only ones that are any where near
professional are the Anapolis Academy Band and the Washington D.C. navy
band. Do not see a recruiter!!! To get into these bands you need to
audition at the site!!! You dont need to talk to a recruiter!! Dont sign
anything until you read it THOUROUGHLY!!! I'm sorry if I sound bitter. But
I have wasted the last four years of my life playing with a bunch of high
school kids. (Not very good ones at that)-----Samantha
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